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bite

[bahyt] / baɪt /
NOUN
injury from biting or stinging
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NOUN
mouthful of food
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STRONGEST


NOUN
pungency; stinging sensation
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STRONG
WEAK
tastelessness
NOUN
allotment
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STRONG




VERB
take a chance
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Providing a patient with additional vials of antivenom is dependent on several factors that include the swelling of the bite area, the patient’s pain level and blood work results, Vohra said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

In Australia, MMA is caused by the bite of the eastern paralysis tick.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

The pancake arrives, exactly as promised, and everyone gets an extra bite of something sweet.

From Salon Jul. 20, 2026

The fervor goes beyond the historic rivalry between Pele's Brazil and Diego Maradona's Argentina: Mexico, Colombia, Chile and others are all hoping Lionel Messi's Albiceleste bite the dust on Sunday.

From Barron's Jul. 18, 2026

By now, the sandwiches had arrived, and she took another bite.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

The incident was the latest in what is proving to be a remarkably busy year for rattlesnake bites.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

After two tick bites 50% of people will develop antibodies to alpha-gal, a sugar molecule found in the tick's saliva, van Nunen explains.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

After reviewing the history and spread of the myth, researchers concluded that bites from adult rattlesnakes are generally more dangerous because adults carry and inject much larger amounts of venom.

From Science Daily Jul. 10, 2026

Creamy is the point, of course, but after a few bites, everything can start tasting a little… beige.

From Salon Jul. 7, 2026

Nowadays, of course, “alma mater” is what people call the place where they went to school and, one hopes, were fed countless yummy bites of knowledge from a vast and scrumptious buffet of education.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

But, he says, it has successfully shown a ban "can be done" though classifies it as "a bit of an experiment".

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Chris said the free period product scheme was a "bit of initiative from the government" but believed tax "shouldn't be added".

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

When asked whether he was able to recognize any facial features, Byers said: "No, there was a quite a bit of decomposition to where skin slippage...made it unrecognizable."

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

The truth is probably a bit of both, and nobody in charge is drawing a line between them.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

“Tell her how you got all dolled up for your first-ever bit part.”

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

"The skull shows no signs of healing around the tyrannosaur tooth, so it may have already been dead when it was bitten, or it may be dead because it was bitten."

From Science Daily Jul. 14, 2026

Through the process of writing the script, Madonna was bitten by the memoir bug, but she channeled that confessional energy into her forthcoming album, “Confessions on a Dance Floor: Part II,” which drops July 3.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2026

But since a fan was bitten by a farm dog, the family has posted wooden signs along the road with “by appointment only” scrawled in black paint.

From The Wall Street Journal May 31, 2026

Travolta was bitten by the acting bug early.

From Barron's May 15, 2026

Did one of the little girls get bitten by a rat?

From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis

Bolstered by Finch’s ferocious basslines, hit single “Pretend We’re Dead” received significant airplay on alternative rock stations and became the group’s signature song, along with the biting anti-war anthem “Wargasm.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2026

Ms. Young brings an addled affect and biting humor to the role, making rich comedy of Fontaine’s testy interactions with a flight attendant—a species previously unknown to the character.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

"A fossil like this is extra exciting because it captures a behavior: a tyrannosaur biting into this duckbill's face," said Scannella.

From Science Daily Jul. 14, 2026

At a May 28 rally in Missoula with Ocasio-Cortez, Forstag took the stage to “Fortunate Son” by Creedence Clearwater Revival, and his words made good on the song’s biting lyrics about the haves and have-nots.

From Salon Jul. 9, 2026

The morning was purplish, dark, and still, with the sharp, biting cold that had settled during the night.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack




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